Subnet Control Operator Standard Operating Procedure: Difference between revisions
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* If your transceiver has two receivers, e.g. an A side and a B side, consider using one of the sides to monitor MC-9, which is the Command Net frequency. If you plan to use one of the sides of your transceiver for Winlink communication, you could use that side for both Winlink and Command by setting MC-9 in memory mode and the gateway frequency in VFO mode and switching back and forth between Memory and VFO mode on that side of the radio. | * If your transceiver has two receivers, e.g. an A side and a B side, consider using one of the sides to monitor MC-9, which is the Command Net frequency. If you plan to use one of the sides of your transceiver for Winlink communication, you could use that side for both Winlink and Command by setting MC-9 in memory mode and the gateway frequency in VFO mode and switching back and forth between Memory and VFO mode on that side of the radio. | ||
* You may receive a voice message from the Command operator that is intended to be conveyed to the participating teams. See [[Voice Procedures for Subnet Control Operators#Handling Traffic from Emergency Operations Center to NET Teams|Handling Traffic from Emergency Operations Center to NET Teams]]. | * You may receive a voice message from the Command operator that is intended to be conveyed to the participating teams. See [[Voice Procedures for Subnet Control Operators#Handling Traffic from Emergency Operations Center to NET Teams|Handling Traffic from Emergency Operations Center to NET Teams]]. | ||
* Command Net may contact you to inform you that you have messages waiting for your Tactical Address via Winlink. See [[Using Winlink Tactical Addresses#Tactical Addresses Established for the Portland NET Program|Tactical Addresses Addresses Established for Portland NET Program]]”, [[Winlink Procedures for Subnet Controllers#Transmitting and Receiving Traffic Using a Gateway|Transmitting and Receiving Traffic Using a Gateway]]” and [[Winlink Procedures for Subnet Controllers#Handling Winlink Formal Traffic from EOC|Handling Winlink Formal Traffic from EOC]]”, | * Command Net may contact you to inform you that you have messages waiting for your Tactical Address via Winlink.* See [[Using Winlink Tactical Addresses#Tactical Addresses Established for the Portland NET Program|Tactical Addresses Addresses Established for Portland NET Program]]”, [[Winlink Procedures for Subnet Controllers#Transmitting and Receiving Traffic Using a Gateway|Transmitting and Receiving Traffic Using a Gateway]]” and [[Winlink Procedures for Subnet Controllers#Handling Winlink Formal Traffic from EOC|Handling Winlink Formal Traffic from EOC]]”, | ||
* Even if you don’t hear from Command Net you should '''check for Winlink email about every 20 to 30 minutes''' in case there is traffic waiting for you. See the links to procedures in the step above. Use the KI7QIB-12 gateway at the frequency shown in the Table of Frequencies. | * Even if you don’t hear from Command Net you should '''check for Winlink email about every 20 to 30 minutes''' in case there is traffic waiting for you. See the links to procedures in the step above. Use the KI7QIB-12 gateway** at the frequency shown in the Table of Frequencies. | ||
* If you are deployed as part of an exercise and receive a message that does not include words equivalent to “This is an exercise”, add those words before voicing the message to your AROs. | * If you are deployed as part of an exercise and receive a message that does not include words equivalent to “This is an exercise”, add those words before voicing the message to your AROs. | ||
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* Use Winlink Express’s Setup menu to disable the tactical addresses associated with your simplex region(s). See [[Using Winlink Tactical Addresses#Disabling a Tactical Address|Disabling a Tactical Address]]. | * Use Winlink Express’s Setup menu to disable the tactical addresses associated with your simplex region(s). See [[Using Winlink Tactical Addresses#Disabling a Tactical Address|Disabling a Tactical Address]]. | ||
* If you receive any incoming messages addressed to your subnet that you have not handled, forward them to the SNC operator that took over your regional subnet. For Winlink traffic use your regions Tactical Address. | * If you receive any incoming messages addressed to your subnet that you have not handled, forward them to the SNC operator that took over your regional subnet. For Winlink traffic use your regions Tactical Address. | ||
----* Command Net will normally contact subnets on their regional frequencies and will not be monitoring MC-9 except during scheduled times. Think of Tactical Net as your communications path to EOC and Command Net as EOC’s communication path to you. On occasion, Command Net may ask you to transition to MC-9. | |||
<nowiki>**</nowiki> The reason we are asking you to use only the special gateway is that after a Cascadia event it is unlikely that our local gateways will be able to use the Internet to exchange messages. Thus we will need to use the same gateway if we expect to receive each other's messages. | |||
